Brooke Keneford
From the program for Inherit the Wind:
BROOKE KENEFORD (Bannister) acts and directs for Kanata Theatre. His recent roles include the guitar-plucking Virgil in Bus Stop, Big Daddy in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, John Smith in Caught in the Net, and Frank in Over the River and Through the Woods. He has directed several productions including You Can’t Take It With You, Kindertransport, The Cemetery Club, Steel Magnolias, Rabbit Hole, and the award-winning Noises Off. He collaborated on the sound design for A Flea In Her Ear and Agnes of God.
From the program for Noises Off:
BROOKE KENEFORD (Director) acts and directs for Kanata Theatre. He appeared on stage last season as John Smith, the bigamist, in Caught in the Net and he also played Frank in 2004’s award-winning production of Over the River and Through the Woods. Some of his other roles include Harry Raymond in The Stillborn Lover, Reece in Communicating Doors, George Hay in Moon Over Buffalo,and Cooper in A Month of Sundays. He has played leading roles in many farces such as It Runs In The Family, Key for Two, There Goes the Bride, and he was in On Golden Pond, A Chorus of Disapproval, Waltz of the Toreadors and many other plays. He has directed several plays, including You Can’t Take It With You, Kindertransport, The Cemetery Club and Steel Magnolias.
From the program for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof:
BROOKE KENEFORD (Big Daddy) acts and directs for Kanata Theatre. His most recent roles include John Smith in Caught in the Net, Frank in Over the River and Through the Woods and Harry Raymond in The Stillborn Lover. He has directed several plays, including You Can’t Take It With You, Kindertransport, The Cemetery Club, Steel Magnolias and last season’s award-winning production of Noises Off. He considers Big Daddy the role of a lifetime!
From the program for The Countess:
BROOKE KENEFORD (Mr. Ruskin) acts and directs for Kanata Theatre. His most recent roles include Big Daddy in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, John Smith in Caught in the Net , Frank in Over the River and Through the Woods and Harry Raymond in The Stillborn Lover. Brooke’s backstage credits include furnishings, set construction and sound design. He has directed several productions, including You Can’t Take It With You, Kindertransport, The Cemetery Club, Steel Magnolias and Noises Off.
From the program for Bus Stop:
BROOKE KENEFORD (Virgil Blessing) acts and directs for Kanata Theatre. His most recent roles include John Ruskin Sr. in The Countess, Big Daddy in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, John Smith in Caught in the Net, Frank in Over the River and Through the Woods and Harry Raymond in The Stillborn Lover. He has directed several productions, including You Can’t Take It With You, Kindertransport, The Cemetery Club, Steel Magnolias and the award-winning Noises Off.
From the program for The Underpants:
BROOKE KENEFORD (Klinglehoff) acts and directs for Kanata Theatre. His most recent roles include the guitar-plucking Virgil in Bus Stop, John Ruskin Sr. in The Countess, Big Daddy in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, John Smith in Caught in the Net, Frank in Over the River and Through the Woods and Harry Raymond in The Stillborn Lover. He has directed several productions, including You Can’t Take It With You, Kindertransport, The Cemetery Club, Steel Magnolias and the award-winning Noises Off and he recently collaborated on the sound design for Postmortem. Many years ago, he played Krogstad in A Doll’s House, Feste in Twelfth Night and Lloyd in the first Kanata Theatre production of Noises Off, all directed by Jim Holmes. Brooke is delighted to be working again under Jim’s direction.
From the program for Cash on Delivery:
BROOKE KENEFORD (Eric Swan) has acted and directed for Kanata Theatre since 1971, when he made his acting debut as John Proctor in The Crucible. His more recent roles include Herr Klingelhof in The Underpants, and the guitar-plucking Virgil in Bus Stop. He has also appeared in The Countess, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Caught in the Net, Over the River and Through the Woods, and The Stillborn Lover. Brooke has directed several productions, including And A Nightingale Sang, You Can’t Take It With You, Kindertransport, The Cemetery Club, Steel Magnolias and the award-winning Noises Off.
From the program for Rabbit Hole:
BROOKE KENEFORD (Director) has acted and directed for Kanata Theatre since 1971, when he made his acting dbut for K.T. as John Proctor in The Crucible. His more recent roles include Herr Klingelhof in The Underpants, the guitar-plucking Virgil in Bus Stop, John Ruskin Sr. in The Countess, Big Daddy in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, John Smith in Caught in the Net, Frank in Over the River and Through the Woods and Harry Raymond in The Stillborn Lover. Last season, he played the hapless Eric Swan in Cash On Delivery. He has directed several productions, including And a Nightingale Sang, You Can’t Take It With You, Kindertransport, The Cemetery Club, Steel Magnolias and the award-winning Noises Off.
Directing Credits
| 1972: April 5, 6, 8 | Half Way Up The Tree |
| 1973: May 31, June 1, 2 | My Three Angels |
| 1976: January 15, 16, 17 | The Love Of Four Colonels |
| 1977: February 19 & 20 | Many Moons |
| 1980: December 5-8, 1979 | Dandy Dick |
| 1981: December 9-12 | I Never Sang For My Father |
| 1983: January 19-22 | Otherwise Engaged |
| 1984: May 9-12 | The White Liars |
| 1984: May 9-12 | Black Comedy |
| 1986: January 15-18 | Enter Laughing |
| 1987: May 1987 | Whodunnit |
| 1990: January 1990 | And a Nightingale Sang |
| 1992: January 1992 | Fools |
| 1994: January 12-15 | Steel Magnolias |
| 1998: January 1998 | The Cemetery Club |
| 2000: Mar 22-25, Mar 28-Apr 1 | Kindertransport |
| 2002: Jan 30-Feb 2 & Feb 5-9 | You Can’t Take it With You -II |
| 2006: Jan 31-Feb 4 & Feb 7-11 | Noises Off |
| 2013: February 5-9 & 12-16 | Rabbit Hole |
Acting Credits
| 1971: May 6, 7, 8 | The Crucible |
| 1971: November 18, 19, 20 | Ring Round The Moon |
| 1972: January 15 | The Ugly Duckling |
| 1972: June 6 | The Footsteps of Doves |
| 1972: November 2, 3, 4 | The Mousetrap |
| 1973: February 15, 16, 17 | The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker |
| 1973: October 18, 19, 20 | Blithe Spirit |
| 1974: January 26 & 27 | Igor and the Time Machine |
| 1974: May 23 | The Public Eye |
| 1974: Oct 31, Nov 1 & 2 | Dear Charles |
| 1974: November 23 | Salad Days |
| 1974: December 14 & 15 | A Christmas Adventure |
| 1975: March 13, 14, 15 | A Shot In The Dark |
| 1975: November 6, 7, 8 | After Magritte |
| 1975: November 6, 7, 8 | The Real Inspector Hound |
| 1976: May 12, 13, 14, 15 | Move Over Mrs. Markham |
| 1977: May 18-21 | You Can’t Take It With You – I |
| 1977: October 19-22 | Not Now Darling |
| 1978: December 14-17, 1977 | A Christmas Carol |
| 1979: January 10-13 | Everything In The Garden |
| 1979: March 7-10 | Diary Of A Scoundrel |
| 1980: January 24-26 | The Popcorn Man |
| 1980: May 7-10 | Two And Two Make Sex |
| 1980: October 22-25 | Bedroom Farce |
| 1981: March 18-21 | Bousille And The Just |
| 1982: March 1982 | Round And Round The Garden |
| 1982: May 12-15 | Jill |
| 1982: October 1982 | Jitters |
| 1983: May 11-14 | Romantic Comedy |
| 1984: January 18-21 | Twelfth Night |
| 1985: January 1985 | There Goes The Bride |
| 1985: October 23-26 | She Stoops To Conquer |
| 1986: May 7-11 | Ghost on Tiptoe |
| 1987: January 14-17 | Key For Two |
| 1988: March 2-5 | Quiet In The Land |
| 1988: May 1988 | Noises Off |
| 1989: January 18-21 | On the Razzle |
| 1989: May 1989 | Pardon Me, Prime Minister |
| 1990: May 1990 | Sinners |
| 1990: October 1990 | Look, No Hans! |
| 1991: February 1991 | A Doll’s House |
| 1991: October 1991 | Chorus of Disapproval |
| 1992: May 1992 | Pygmalion |
| 1993: January 1993 | Beyond Reasonable Doubt |
| 1993: May 12-15 | Lend Me A Tenor |
| 1995: May 1995 | It Runs in the Family |
| 1995: November 25, 1995 | CKTP Radio & Kanata Theatre present |
| 1996: February 1996 | On Golden Pond |
| 1996: April 1996 | Up Front and Centre Stage |
| 1996: October 1996 | A Month of Sundays |
| 1997: January 1997 | The Waltz of the Toreadors – II |
| 1999: January 1999 | Moon Over Buffalo |
| 2001: Jan 24-27, Jan 30-Feb 3 | Communicating Doors |
| 2002: March 27-30, April 2-6 | The Stillborn Lover |
| 2004: Mar 23-27, Mar 30-Apr 3 | Over the River and Through the Woods |
| 2005: Mar 29-31, Apr 1-2, 5-9 | Caught in the Net |
| 2007: Mar 27-31, April 2-7 | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof |
| 2008: November 11- 22, 2008 | The Countess |
| 2009: March 17 – 28 | Bus Stop |
| 2010: May 11-22, 2010 | The Underpants |
| 2011: March 22 – April 2, 2011 | Cash On Delivery |
| 2014: May 13 – 24 | Inherit the Wind |
| 2016: Sept 20-24, Sept 27-Oct 1 | The Last Romance |
Production Credits
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